List of Major League Baseball career putouts as an outfielder leaders

In baseball statistics, a putout (denoted by PO or fly out when appropriate) is given to a defensive player who records an out by a tagging a runner with the ball when he is not touching a base (a tagout), catching a batted or thrown ball and tagging a base to put out a batter or runner (a force out), catching a thrown ball and tagging a base to record an out on an appeal play, catching a third strike (a strikeout), catching a batted ball on the fly (a flyout), or being positioned closest to a runner called out for interference.

An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. An outfielder's duty is to try to catch long fly balls before they hit the ground or to quickly catch or retrieve and return to the infield any other balls entering the outfield. Outfielders normally play behind the six other members of the defense who play in or near the infield. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball is numbered. The outfield positions are 7 (left field), 8 (center field) and 9 (right field). These numbers are shorthand designations useful in baseball scorekeeping and are not necessarily the same as the squad numbers worn on player uniforms.

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Types of batted balls in baseball
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In baseball, a batted ball is any ball that, after a pitch, is contacted by the batters bat. One or more of several terms are used to describe a ball, depending on how it comes off the bat. There are generally three categories for balls hit in the air, A fly ball or simply fly is a ball that is hit in the air. Fielders attempt to fly balls on their descent. A pop fly or pop-up is a type of fly ball that goes very high while not traveling very far laterally. From the perspective of the fielder, pop-ups seem to come straight down, a fly ball is usually caught in flight and thus results in an out, called a fly out or a pop out as the case may be. A pop fly in or near the infield is almost always easily caught because infielders can easily approach the fly ball before it falls. A special rule, the fly rule, applies to any fair fly ball that looks like an easy catch for an infielder when baserunners are on first. When fielder drops a fly ball, runners that expected having to tag up must run immediately to avoid the incoming batsman, allowing an easy force play on them at third base or home plate. The umpire calls Infield fly if fair, indicating if the batted ball remains fair. The infield fly rule does not apply to a ball of any kind or a foul fly of any kind. This is a hit, low-flying batted ball. The threshold between a line drive and a fly ball is subjective, liners tend to have little noticeable arc, line drives can be especially dangerous to baseball players and spectators. As recently as July 22,2007, Tulsa Drillers first base coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed in a line drive accident at a minor league stadium in Little Rock, a ground ball or grounder is a batted ball that rolls or bounces on the ground. A line drive in the infield may become a hard grounder to an outfielder, any of the above types of balls might be fair balls or foul balls. Umpires will also signal first signal fair or foul on fly outs near the foul line, a foul tip, a very different type of batted ball, is a ball tipped off the bat which goes sharply and directly to the catchers mitt or hand. If the catcher does not catch the ball, it is a foul ball. If the catcher has to either his mitt/hand or body to catch the ball, it is not a foul tip

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Out (baseball)
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In baseball, an out occurs when the umpire rules a batter or baserunner out. When three outs are recorded in an inning, a half of the inning, or their turn at batting. To signal an out, an umpire makes a fist with one hand. Home plate umpires often use a motion to signal a called third strike. The most common ways batters or runners are put out are by strikeouts, fly outs, tag outs, the ball is dead and no runner may score, nor runners advance, except runners forced to advance. In baseball statistics, each out must be credited to exactly one defensive player, when referring to outs credited to a defensive player, the term putout is used. Example, a batter hits a ball which is fielded by the shortstop. The shortstop then throws the ball to the first baseman, the first baseman then steps on first base before the batter reaches it. For this play, only the first baseman is credited with a putout, for a strikeout, the catcher is credited with a putout, because the batter is not out until the pitched ball is caught by the catcher. When an out is recorded without a direct involvement, such as where a runner is hit by a batted ball. Although pitchers seldom get credited with putouts, they are credited with their role in getting outs through various pitching statistics such as innings pitched and strikeouts. Safe Tie goes to the runner Official rules for batters, including when the batter is out Official rules for runners, including when the runner is out

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Tag play
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In baseball, a runner must sometimes advance to the next base because a batter, advancing to first, forces that runner to advance ahead of him to the next base. Two runners are not allowed on one base at one time, so a batter can, in effect, such a runner is spoken of as having been forced to the next base. A defensive play against that runner is called a play and, if successful. In force plays, the way a fielder gets a runner out is by, with the ball in his hand, a batter can also advance to the next base because he chooses to. For example, suppose, with a runner on first, the batter hits a single into the outfield, as the batter runs to first, the runner on first is forced to advance ahead of him to second. However, that runner can then choose to run past second, in this situation, a defensive play against such an unforced runner will be called a tag play and, if successful, a tag out. To get the runner out on a tag play, the fielder must tag him with the ball before the runner gets to the targeted base, tag plays are much more difficult to execute than force plays. Tag plays can also be utilized in other cases when the runner is in jeopardy, runners attempting to advance are sometimes thrown out, which means that a fielder throws the ball to someone covering the base, who then tags the runner before the runner touches the base. A runner who leads off a base too far might be picked off, that is, the pitcher throws to a fielder covering the base, when a runner is tagged out, a farther advanced runner who had been forced to advance no longer has to do so. The result of such a tag is called removing the force, if a defensive player tags the runner with his glove and the baseball is in his other hand, or with his free hand while the baseball is in his glove, then the runner is not out. Attempted tag outs sometimes can instigate fights in baseball, often the infielder will tag the baserunner too hard, or the baserunner will slide into base with enough speed and force to knock over the infielder attempting to tag out. Additionally, the runner may run the infielder over in an attempt to make the drop the ball

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Tag out
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In baseball, a runner must sometimes advance to the next base because a batter, advancing to first, forces that runner to advance ahead of him to the next base. Two runners are not allowed on one base at one time, so a batter can, in effect, such a runner is spoken of as having been forced to the next base. A defensive play against that runner is called a play and, if successful. In force plays, the way a fielder gets a runner out is by, with the ball in his hand, a batter can also advance to the next base because he chooses to. For example, suppose, with a runner on first, the batter hits a single into the outfield, as the batter runs to first, the runner on first is forced to advance ahead of him to second. However, that runner can then choose to run past second, in this situation, a defensive play against such an unforced runner will be called a tag play and, if successful, a tag out. To get the runner out on a tag play, the fielder must tag him with the ball before the runner gets to the targeted base, tag plays are much more difficult to execute than force plays. Tag plays can also be utilized in other cases when the runner is in jeopardy, runners attempting to advance are sometimes thrown out, which means that a fielder throws the ball to someone covering the base, who then tags the runner before the runner touches the base. A runner who leads off a base too far might be picked off, that is, the pitcher throws to a fielder covering the base, when a runner is tagged out, a farther advanced runner who had been forced to advance no longer has to do so. The result of such a tag is called removing the force, if a defensive player tags the runner with his glove and the baseball is in his other hand, or with his free hand while the baseball is in his glove, then the runner is not out. Attempted tag outs sometimes can instigate fights in baseball, often the infielder will tag the baserunner too hard, or the baserunner will slide into base with enough speed and force to knock over the infielder attempting to tag out. Additionally, the runner may run the infielder over in an attempt to make the drop the ball

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Appeal play
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In baseball, an appeal play occurs when a member of the defensive team calls the attention of an umpire to an infraction which he would otherwise ignore. Such communication may be non-verbal, implicit, or assumed—so long as the intent of the fielder is clear to the umpire, contrary to popular belief, an appeal out is not a force out unless it is regarding a missed force base. Rare situations with an appeal on a runner who misses his force base require the umpire to recognize an apparent fourth out. When a running infraction occurs and then all playing action becomes relaxed, any live ball appeal must occur before the pitch, play. An appeal itself does not count as a play for the purposes of subsequent appeals. Once a fielder properly executes a legal live ball appeal on a runner, that runner may not again be appealed at that base, even if the appeal is for a different reason. An appeal is legal if the fielder has the right to appeal a runner at a base, clearly communicates to the umpire what the infraction was, umpires will only rule on legal appeals. A potential appeal is viable if the appeal is legal and the umpire knows that the runner has indeed committed an infraction, suppose that runners are on first and third base, and the batter hits a fly ball. The runner on third tags up, leaving third base immediately after the outfielder touches the ball, the runner seems to score, beating the throw home, but failing to touch home plate. He proceeds into his dugout without again attempting to home base. The runner on first base stays at first base, and action becomes relaxed while the ball is in the infield, the fielders now suspect that the runner left third base too early and also missed the plate. Suppose that a fielder, with the ball, touches third base and tells the nearest umpire. This is a legal appeal, and the umpire should rule with a safe signal, perhaps saying, No. Now no legal appeal may again occur on that runner at third base, suppose then that a fielder, with the live ball, touches home base and says to the nearest umpire, I think he never touched home. This is a legal and viable appeal, and so the umpire should call the runner out, since the ball was live, the runner from first could have attempted to advance at any time during the appeals. If the defense attempts to play on that runner, their opportunity to appeal the runner from third base is lost, a member of the defensive team may appeal to the umpire when a batter bats out of turn. The umpire then enforces the penalty for batting out of turn, the ball must be live for this as for any appeal. After the appeal is made, the umpire will usually signal Time, the field umpire then signals whether the batter swung, and such a judgment must, by rule, prevail

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Strikeout
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In baseball or softball, a strikeout occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means the batter is out, a strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by K. Although a strikeout suggests that the pitcher dominated the batter, the style that generates home runs also leaves batters susceptible to striking out. Some of the greatest home run hitters of all time — such as Alex Rodriguez, Gorman Thomas, Reggie Jackson, and Sammy Sosa — were notorious for striking out. A pitched ball is ruled a ball by the if the batter did not swing at it and, in that umpires judgment. Any pitch at which the batter swings or, that in that umpires judgment passes through the zone, is ruled a strike. Each ball and strike affects the count, which is incremented for each pitched ball with the exception of a ball on any count with two strikes. That is, a strike may only occur by the batter swinging and missing at a pitched ball. A pitched ball that is struck by the batter with the bat on any count, a batter may also strike out by bunting, even if the ball is hit into foul territory. In Japan, this is called furinige, or swing and escape, in Major League Baseball, it is known as an uncaught third strike. When this happens, a strikeout is recorded for both the pitcher and the batter, but no out is recorded, because of this, a pitcher may occasionally be able to record more than three strikeouts in one half-inning. In baseball scorekeeping, a strikeout is recorded as a K. A strikeout looking is often scored with a backward K, and sometimes as a K-L, CK, despite the scorekeeping custom of using K for strikeout, SO is the official abbreviation used by Major League Baseball. K is still used by fans and enthusiasts for purposes other than official record-keeping. The K may be placed backward in cases where the batter strikes out looking, the use of K for a strikeout was invented by Henry Chadwick, a newspaper journalist who is widely credited as the originator of the box score and the baseball scorecard. As is true in much of baseball, both the box score and scorecard remain largely unchanged to this day, Chadwick decided to use K, the last letter in struck, since the letter S was used for sacrifice. Chadwick was responsible for several other scorekeeping conventions, including the use of numbers to designate player positions and those unaware of Chadwicks contributions have speculated that K was derived from the last name of 19th century pitcher Matt Kilroy. If not for the evidence supporting Chadwicks earlier use of K, Kilroy raised the prominence of the strikeout, setting an all-time single-season record of 513 strikeouts in 1886, only two years after overhand pitching was permitted

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Flyout
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In baseball, the rules state that a batted ball is considered in flight when it has not yet touched any object other than a fielder or his equipment. Once a batted ball touches the ground, a fence or wall, a pole, a base, the pitchers rubber. A batted ball that passes out of the playing field ceases to be in flight when that occurs. If a batted ball is caught in flight, the batter is out—called a fly out—and all runners must tag up, a fly out on a ball in foul territory is also called a foul out. A foul tip, which by definition is always caught in flight, is a strike by special rule, and not an out. If a batted ball passes out of the field in flight and is fair, it is an automatic home run, entitling the batter. However, if the fence or other barrier is less than 250 feet from home plate, in the United States, such short fences are very rare even in the lowest-level amateur ballfields. Fields with short fences can be commonplace in some countries where baseball is less popular, often, soccer fields have to be used, resulting in a very short left or right field. The shortest fair fences in Major League Baseball are both in Bostons Fenway Park, the shortest fence that is perpendicular to the foul line is the Green Monster. The left foul pole, renamed Fisks Pole in honor of Carlton Fisks famous home run in the 1975 World Series, stands 310 feet away from home plate

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Interference (baseball)
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In baseball, interference occurs in situations in which a person illegally changes the course of play from what is expected. Interference might be committed by players on the offense, players not currently in the game, catchers, umpires, each type of interference is covered differently by the rules. Whenever this offensive interference occurs, the ball becomes dead, if the interference was committed by a batter or a baserunner, that player is called out and all other runners must return to the bases they occupied at the time of the interference. If interference is committed by a runner with the intent of preventing a double play. If interference is committed by a runner or by some other member of the offensive team. Also under NFHS rules only, all runners are required to attempt to avoid collisions, if a runner fails to do so, he is guilty of malicious contact, which is one kind of offensive interference. Malicious contact carries the penalty of ejection from the game. Any collision that occurs in this situation is not interference, because the action is in regard to a thrown ball. As long as such a runners actions are related to his attempt to reach the base, the most common case of this is when a runner is attempting to score and the catcher has control of the ball. This is usually attempted only when the play is close, when the catcher is set up and ready, the runner has little chance of knocking the ball away. Any such attempt presents a significant chance of injury to the baserunner, the batter physically hinders the catchers opportunity to throw out a baserunner while standing outside of the batters box. There are some exceptions to the penalty for offensive interference, if there are two outs in this situation, the normal interference penalty applies, the batter is out and the run does not score. At some levels of play, verbal as well as physical hindrance can be called for interference and this is not called as interference in professional or higher amateur baseball. The ball came loose, initially enabling Rodríguez to advance and the previous runner Derek Jeter to score, the play originally stood but on appeal, Rodríguez was ruled out on the interference and Jeter returned to first, under the general definition of the rule above. A famous alleged offensive interference occurred in the game of the 1975 World Series. With a runner on first, Cincinnati Reds player Ed Armbrister laid down a sacrifice bunt, Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk attempted to field the ball and throw to second base and get the lead runner out. However, Armbrister did not immediately run to first base but instead stood essentially still in the vicinity of home plate, as a result, Fisks throw went into center field, and the Reds ended up with runners on first and third with no outs. The Red Sox protested, saying that Armbrister interfered, but home plate umpire Larry Barnett refused to change the call

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Baseball
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Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding. A run is scored when a player advances around the bases, Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the team who reaches a base safely can later attempt to advance to subsequent bases during teammates turns batting. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the team records three outs. One turn batting for both teams, beginning with the team, constitutes an inning. A game is composed of nine innings, and the team with the number of runs at the end of the game wins. Baseball has no clock, although almost all games end in the ninth inning. Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century and this game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the sport of the United States. Baseball is now popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, in the United States and Canada, professional Major League Baseball teams are divided into the National League and American League, each with three divisions, East, West, and Central. The major league champion is determined by playoffs that culminate in the World Series, the top level of play is similarly split in Japan between the Central and Pacific Leagues and in Cuba between the West League and East League. The evolution of baseball from older bat-and-ball games is difficult to trace with precision, a French manuscript from 1344 contains an illustration of clerics playing a game, possibly la soule, with similarities to baseball. Other old French games such as thèque, la balle au bâton, consensus once held that todays baseball is a North American development from the older game rounders, popular in Great Britain and Ireland. Baseball Before We Knew It, A Search for the Roots of the Game, by David Block, suggests that the game originated in England, recently uncovered historical evidence supports this position. Block argues that rounders and early baseball were actually regional variants of other. It has long believed that cricket also descended from such games. The earliest known reference to baseball is in a 1744 British publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, David Block discovered that the first recorded game of Bass-Ball took place in 1749 in Surrey, and featured the Prince of Wales as a player. William Bray, an English lawyer, recorded a game of baseball on Easter Monday 1755 in Guildford and this early form of the game was apparently brought to Canada by English immigrants

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Left fielder
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In baseball, a left fielder is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate, in the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the left fielder is assigned the number 7. Outfielders must cover large distances - speed, instincts, and quickness in reacting to the ball are key and they must be able to catch fly balls above their head and on the run. Amateur players may find it difficult to concentrate on the game, emphasizing the correct position will give outfield players something to concentrate on at each pitch. Hits to left field tend to curve toward the left field foul line, of all outfielders, the left fielder often will have the weakest arm, as they generally do not need to throw the ball as far to prevent the advance of any baserunners. The left fielder still requires good fielding and catching skills, the left fielder also backs up third base on pick-off attempts from the catcher or pitcher and bunts, when possible. Also if a runner is stealing third base the left fielder must back up the throw from the catcher, left fielders must also back up third base when a ball is thrown from right field, and back up center field when a pop fly is hit into the pocket. Despite giving their teams the advantage of accommodating a player with a weak arm, after being converted to left field, Alfonso Soriano led the league with 22 and 19 outfield assists in 2006 and 2007, respectively, his first two years playing the outfield. Despite regularly leading the league in errors and often coming out of the game for a replacement in late innings. When most left fielders are older or struggling defensively, they move to first base or designated hitter. Third basemen will sometimes move to left, Ryan Braun and Alex Gordon are examples, jose Bautista is an example, that third basemen move to the corner outfield positions. Baseball Hall of Fame Gold Glove Award

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Center fielder
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A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record plays, the center fielder is assigned the number 8. Outfielders must cover large distances, so speed, instincts and quickness to react to the ball are key and they must be able to catch fly balls above their heads and on the run. They must be able to throw the ball accurately over a distance to be effective. Amateur players may find it difficult to concentrate on the game, emphasizing the correct position will give outfield players something to concentrate on at each pitch. As well as the requirements above, the fielder must be the outfielder who has the best combination of speed. The center fielder covers more grass than any player and, most likely. The center outfielder is the captain of the outfield and has the authority to call off the corner fielders when she or he has a chance to catch the ball. A center fielders vision and depth perception is a coveted skill, because the position requires a good arm and fast legs, center field is generally where the team puts its best all-around athletes, as a result, center fielders are often fine hitters as well. Many center fielders are renowned as excellent batters and base runners, Baseball Hall of Fame Outfield Baseball positions

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Right fielder
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A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate, in the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the right fielder is assigned the number 9. Outfielders must cover large distances, so speed, instincts and quickness to react to the ball are key. They must be able to fly balls above their head and on the run. Being situated 250–300 feet from home plate, they must be able to throw the ball accurately over a distance to be effective. Of all outfield positions, the right fielder often has the strongest arm, the right fielder backs up second base on any ball thrown from the left side of the field, i. e. shortstop, third base, or foul line territory. The right fielder backs up first base when the first baseman is in a run down between 3rd base and home, right field has developed a reputation in Little League as being a position where less talented players can be hidden without damaging a teams defense in any significant way. Additionally, since most batters are right-handed, the fielder will have far more opportunities to make a play than the right fielder. Lucy van Pelt Evelyn Gardner Baseball Hall of Fame Gold Glove Award Outfielder

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Batted ball
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In baseball, a batted ball is any ball that, after a pitch, is contacted by the batters bat. One or more of several terms are used to describe a ball, depending on how it comes off the bat. There are generally three categories for balls hit in the air, A fly ball or simply fly is a ball that is hit in the air. Fielders attempt to fly balls on their descent. A pop fly or pop-up is a type of fly ball that goes very high while not traveling very far laterally. From the perspective of the fielder, pop-ups seem to come straight down, a fly ball is usually caught in flight and thus results in an out, called a fly out or a pop out as the case may be. A pop fly in or near the infield is almost always easily caught because infielders can easily approach the fly ball before it falls. A special rule, the fly rule, applies to any fair fly ball that looks like an easy catch for an infielder when baserunners are on first. When fielder drops a fly ball, runners that expected having to tag up must run immediately to avoid the incoming batsman, allowing an easy force play on them at third base or home plate. The umpire calls Infield fly if fair, indicating if the batted ball remains fair. The infield fly rule does not apply to a ball of any kind or a foul fly of any kind. This is a hit, low-flying batted ball. The threshold between a line drive and a fly ball is subjective, liners tend to have little noticeable arc, line drives can be especially dangerous to baseball players and spectators. As recently as July 22,2007, Tulsa Drillers first base coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed in a line drive accident at a minor league stadium in Little Rock, a ground ball or grounder is a batted ball that rolls or bounces on the ground. A line drive in the infield may become a hard grounder to an outfielder, any of the above types of balls might be fair balls or foul balls. Umpires will also signal first signal fair or foul on fly outs near the foul line, a foul tip, a very different type of batted ball, is a ball tipped off the bat which goes sharply and directly to the catchers mitt or hand. If the catcher does not catch the ball, it is a foul ball. If the catcher has to either his mitt/hand or body to catch the ball, it is not a foul tip

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Baseball scorekeeping
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Baseball scorekeeping is the practice of recording the details of a baseball game as it unfolds. Professional baseball leagues hire official scorers to keep a record of each game. Sportswriter Henry Chadwick is generally credited as the inventor of baseball scorekeeping and his basic scorecard and notation have evolved significantly since their advent in the 1870s but they remain the basis for most of what has followed. Some symbols and abbreviations are shared by nearly all scorekeeping systems, at the end of the game Listing the pitchers in the game Usually two scorecards are used to score a game. Because the traditional method has been in use for so long, it has the most variations in its symbols and it is difficult, at this point in time, to describe an authoritative set of rules for traditional scorekeeping, but what is described here is a representative sample. In the traditional method, each cell in the area of the scoresheet represents the lifetime of an offensive player, from at-bat to baserunner. When an out is recorded, the combination of defensive players executing that out is recorded. If the next batter hits a ball to the fielder who catches it on the fly for the second out, it would be noted as F8. If the following batter strikes out, it would be noted as K, If the batter did not swing at the third strike, a backwards K is traditionally used. Other forms include Kc for a third strike with no swing. A slash should be drawn across the right corner to indicate the end of the inning. If in another inning, a baserunner is caught stealing second base and it is then noted CS, with some scorers adding the uniform number or batting position of the batter to indicate when the runner was put out. Then the defensive combination of the put out, normally 2–4 or 2–6 for a play, is written. If the runner on first is instead picked off by the pitcher, a cut off mark is noted on the base lines. If a batter reaches first base, either due to a walk, a hit, or an error, the basepath from home to first base is drawn, for example, If a batter gets a base hit, the basepath is drawn and 1B is written below. If the batter hits a double, however, the basepaths from home to first and first to second are drawn and this change of position is done to indicate that the runner did not advance on another hit. If the batter hits a triple, the basepaths are drawn from home to first to second to third, If a batter gets a walk, the basepath is drawn and BB or W is written below. IBB is written for a base on balls

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Uniform number
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The number is typically displayed on the rear of the jersey, often accompanied by the surname. Sometimes it is displayed on the front and/or sleeves, or on the players shorts or headgear. It is used to identify the player to officials, other players, official scorers, player numbers were used in a Queensland vs. New Zealand rugby match played on 17 July 1897, in Brisbane, Australia, the goalkeeper would generally wear number 1, then defenders, midfield players and forwards in ascending order. Numbers being assigned to each player in a squad was initiated for the 1954 World Cup, in 1993, Englands Football Association switched to persistent squad numbers, abandoning the mandatory use of 1–11 for the starting line-up. It became standard in the FA Premier League in the 1993–94 season, most European top leagues adopted the system over the next five years. It is common for players to change numbers within a club as their career progresses, for example, Cesc Fàbregas was first assigned the number 57 on arrival at Arsenal in 2003. On promotion to the first team squad he was switched to number 15 before inheriting his preferred number 4 following the departure of Patrick Vieira. Very high numbers, the most common being 88, are reserved and used as a placeholder. However, in some countries these high numbers are well used, on joining A. C. Milan, Andriy Shevchenko, Ronaldinho and Mathieu Flamini all wore numbers reflecting the year of their birth, because their preferred numbers were already being worn. Port Adelaide assigns Number 1 to the team captain, in these situations, it is usually customary for players who relinquish the captaincy to switch to another. For example, as of 2010, Michael Hurley inherited the Number 18 jumper left vacant by the retired Matthew Lloyd, sons of famous players will often take on their fathers number, especially if they play at the same club. Sergio Silvagni and his son Stephen, for example, both wore Number 1 for Carlton, Matthew Scarlett wears his father Johns Number 30 at Geelong. In contrast, some sons of famous players also prefer to take on other numbers in the hopes that it will reduce the burden of having to fulfill high expectations. Notable examples of this are Gary Ablett Jr. at Geelong and Jobe Watson at Essendon, clubs will often feature retiring champions passing on their famous guernsey numbers to the chosen successors, usually in ceremonial fashion, such as a club function or press conference. The highest number worn in a VFL/AFL game is number 65 by Andrew Witts of Collingwood for seven games in 1985, with the demise of Reserves and Under 19s teams it is highly unlikely that any player will play senior football in a number as high again. The highest number used in the 2011 season was number 55 for Nathan Ablett in two games for the Gold Coast Suns. A system of assignment of numbers was initiated in American footballs NFL in 1952, it was updated and made more rigid in 1973

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Willie Mays
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He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Mays shares the record of most appearances in the All-Star Games,24, with Hank Aaron, in appreciation of his All-Star record, Ted Williams said They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays. In 1999, Mays placed second on The Sporting Newss List of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, later that year, he was also elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Mays is one of five National League players to have had eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, along with Mel Ott, Sammy Sosa, Chipper Jones, and Albert Pujols. Mays hit over 50 home runs in 1955 and 1965, representing the longest time span between 50-plus home run seasons for any player in Major League Baseball history and his final Major League Baseball appearance came on October 16 during Game 3 of the 1973 World Series. Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama, just outside Fairfield and his father, Cat Mays, was a talented baseball player with the Negro team for the local iron plant. His mother, Annie Satterwhite, was a basketball and track star in high school. His parents never married each other, as a baby, Mays was cared for by his mothers younger sisters Sarah and Ernestine. Sarah became the female role model in Mays life. His father exposed him to baseball at an age. At age 10, Mays was allowed to sit on the bench of his fathers League games, Mays played multiple sports at Fairfield Industrial High School, averaging a then-record 17 points a game in basketball and more than 40 yards a punt in football, while also playing quarterback. Mays graduated from Fairfield in 1950, Mays professional baseball career began in 1947, while he was still in high school and played briefly with the Chattanooga Choo-Choos in Tennessee during the summer. A short time later, Mays left the Choo-Choos and returned to his state to join the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League. Mays helped them win their pennant and advance to the 1948 Negro League World Series, Mays hit a respectable.262 for the season, but it was also his excellent fielding and baserunning that made him a standout. By playing professionally with the Black Barons, Mays jeopardized his opportunities to high school sports in Alabama. This created some problems for him with school administrators at Fairfield. Over the next years, a number of Major League baseball franchises sent scouts to watch him play. The first was the Boston Braves, the scout who discovered him, Bud Maughn, had been following him for over a year and referred him to the Braves, who then packaged a deal which called for $7,500 down and $7,500 in 30 days

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Tris Speaker
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Tristram Edgar Speaker, nicknamed The Grey Eagle, was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball and his 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. His 3,514 hits are fifth in the all-time hits list, defensively, Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder. His fielding glove was known as the place where triples go to die, after playing in the minor leagues in Texas and Arkansas, Speaker debuted with the Boston Red Sox in 1907. He became the center fielder by 1909 and led the Red Sox to World Series championships in 1912 and 1915. In 1915, Speakers batting average dropped to.322 from.338 the previous season, as player-manager for Cleveland, he led the team to its first World Series title. In ten of his seasons with Cleveland, he finished with a batting average greater than.350. Speaker resigned as Clevelands manager in 1926 after he and Ty Cobb faced game fixing allegations, during his managerial stint in Cleveland, Speaker introduced the platoon system in the major leagues. Speaker played with the Washington Senators in 1927 and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1928, then became a minor league manager and he later held several roles for the Cleveland Indians. Late in life, Speaker led a short-lived indoor baseball league, ran a liquor business, worked in sales. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937 and he was named 27th in the Sporting News 100 Greatest Baseball Players and was also included in the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Speaker was born on April 4,1888, in Hubbard, Texas, to Archie, as a youth, Speaker broke his arm after he fell from a horse, the injury forced him to become left-handed. In 1905, Speaker played a year of baseball for Fort Worth Polytechnic Institute. He worked on a ranch before beginning his professional baseball career, Speakers abilities drew the interest of Doak Roberts, owner of the Cleburne Railroaders of the Texas League, in 1906. After losing several games as a pitcher, Speaker converted to outfielder to replace a Cleburne player who had struck in the head with a pitch. Speakers mother opposed his participation in the leagues, saying that they reminded her of slavery. Though she relented, for several years Mrs. Speaker questioned why her son had not stayed home and he performed well for the Texas Leagues Houston Buffaloes in 1907, but his mother stated that she would never allow him to go to the Boston Americans. Roberts sold the youngster to the Americans for $750 or $800, Speaker played in seven games for the Americans in 1907, with three hits in 19 at bats for a.158 average

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Rickey Henderson
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Nicknamed The Man of Steal, he is widely regarded as baseballs greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds the league records for career stolen bases, runs, unintentional walks. At the time of his last major game in 2003. In 2009, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot appearance, Henderson also holds the single-season record for stolen bases and is the only player in AL history to steal 100 bases in a season, having done so three times. His 1,406 career steals is 50% higher than the record of 938 by Lou Brock. Henderson is the stolen base leader for the Oakland As. He was among the top ten base stealers in 21 different seasons. Henderson was named the ALs Most Valuable Player in 1990, a 12-time stolen base champion, Henderson led the league in runs five times. His 25-year career elevated Henderson to the top ten in other categories, including career at bats, games. His high on-base percentage, power hitting, and stolen base and he was further known for his unquenchable passion for playing baseball and a buoyant, eccentric and quotable personality that both perplexed and entertained fans. Once asked if he thought Henderson was a future Hall of Famer, statistician Bill James replied, Henderson later joked, I was already fast. When he was two old, his father left home, and his family moved to Oakland, California. His father died in an accident ten years after leaving home. His mother married Paul Henderson in Rickey Henleys junior year of high school, Henderson later said, All my friends were right-handed and swung from the right side, so I thought thats the way it was supposed to be done. In 1976, Henderson graduated from Oakland Technical High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football and he also ran track, but did not stay with the team as the schedule conflicted with baseball. Henderson received over a dozen scholarship offers to play football, despite a childhood dream to play for the Oakland Raiders, he turned down the scholarships on the advice of his mother, who argued that football players had shorter careers. In 1983, Henderson married his sweetheart, Pamela. They have three children, Angela, Alexis, and Adrianna, Henderson was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the fourth round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft

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Max Carey
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Maximillian George Carnarius, known as Max George Carey, was an American professional baseball center fielder and manager. Carey played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1910 through 1926 and he managed the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932 and 1933. Carey starred for the Pirates, helping win the 1925 World Series. During his 20-year career, he led the league in stolen bases ten times and finished with 738 steals, Carey was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961. Maximillian George Carnarius was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on January 11,1890 and his father was a Prussian soldier and swimming teacher. He emigrated to the United States after the Franco-Prussian War and worked as a contractor, careys parents wanted their son to become a Lutheran minister. He attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, studying in the pre-ministerial program and he also played baseball, and was a member of the swimming and track-and-field teams. After graduating in 1909, he went to Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, in the summer of 1909, Carey attended a game of minor league baseballs Central League between the Terre Haute Hottentots and the South Bend Greens. South Bend was without a starting shortstop, as they had sold theirs to another team, Carey found Aggie Grant, South Bends manager, and convinced Grant to give him the opportunity to fill in for the remainder of the season, based on his track-and-field skills. He used the name Max Carey in order to retain his status at Concordia College. He had a.158 batting average and committed 24 errors in 48 games, Carey returned to play for South Bend in the 1910 season. The team had a new shortstop, Alex McCarthy, so Carey agreed to play as their left fielder and he had a.298 batting average with 86 stolen bases in 96 games. Able to make a career in baseball, Carey decided to out of Concordia. The President of the Central League recommended Carey to the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseballs National League at the end of the 1910 season. The Pirates bought Carey and McCarthy from South Bend on August 15, in 1912, Carey played in 122 games as the Pirates center fielder, replacing Tommy Leach. He had a.258 batting average on the season. The next year, he succeeded Clarke as the Pirates left fielder on a permanent basis, in 1913, Carey led the National League in plate appearances, at bats, runs scored, and stolen bases. In 1914, he led the National League in games played, at bats and he led the National League in steals in 1915,1916,1917, and 1918, while also leading the league with 62 walks in 1918. After the 1915 season, Carey went on a tour with Dave Bancroft

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Ty Cobb
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Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb, nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in rural Narrows, Georgia, Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the teams player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1999, editors at the Sporting News ranked Ty Cobb 3rd on their list of Baseballs 100 Greatest Players, Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 MLB records during his career. He still holds records as of the end of the 2016 season, including the highest career batting average. He still holds the record for stealing home and for stealing second base, third base, and home in succession. Cobb ranks fifth all-time in number of games played and committed 271 errors, Cobbs legacy as an athlete has sometimes been overshadowed by his surly temperament and aggressive playing style, which was described by the Detroit Free Press as daring to the point of dementia. Cobb himself wrote shortly before his death, In legend I am a sadistic, Cobb was notorious for sliding into bases feet first, with his spikes high. Cobb was born in 1886 in Narrows, Georgia, a rural community of farmers that was not an official city or village at the time. He was the first of three born to William Herschel Cobb and Amanda Chitwood Cobb. Cobbs father was a state senator, when he was still an infant, his parents moved to nearby Royston, where he was raised. He played his first years in organized baseball for the Royston Rompers, the semi-pro Royston Reds, and he then tried out for the Anniston Steelers of the semipro Tennessee–Alabama League, with his fathers stern admonition ringing in his ears, Dont come home a failure. Eventually, Rice wrote a note in the Journal that a young fellow named Cobb seems to be showing an unusual lot of talent. After about three months, Cobb returned to the Tourists and finished the season hitting.237 in 35 games, in August 1905, the management of the Tourists sold Cobb to the American Leagues Detroit Tigers for US$750. On August 8,1905, Cobbs mother fatally shot his father with a pistol that his father had purchased for her, court records indicate that Mr. Cobb had suspected his wife of infidelity and was sneaking past his own bedroom window to catch her in the act. She saw the silhouette of what she presumed to be an intruder and, acting in self-defense, shot, Mrs. Cobb was charged with murder and then released on a $7,000 recognizance bond. She was acquitted on March 31,1906, Cobb later attributed his ferocious play to his late father, saying, I did it for my father. He never got to see me play, but I knew he was watching me, and I never let him down. In 1911, Cobb moved to Detroits architecturally significant and now historically protected Woodbridge neighborhood, the Victorian duplex in which Cobb lived still stands

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Richie Ashburn
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Donald Richard Richie Ashburn, also known by the nicknames, Putt-Putt, The Tilden Flash, and Whitey due to his light-blond hair, was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. He was born in Tilden, Nebraska, from his youth on a farm, he grew up to become a professional outfielder and veteran broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies and one of the most beloved sports figures in Philadelphia history. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, one of the famous Whiz Kids of the National League champion 1950 Phillies, Ashburn spent 12 of his 15 major-league seasons as the Phillies center fielder. He sported a.308 lifetime batting average, leading the National League twice, and routinely led the league in fielding percentage. In 1950, in the last game of the season, he threw Dodgers runner Cal Abrams out at home plate to preserve a 1–1 tie. He had been playing in to back up a throw on a pitchout. The following year Ashburn displayed his skill on the national stage in the All-Star Game at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Ashburn caught the ball in front of the right centerfield screen 400 feet distant after a long run and he was also the last Phillies player to collect eight hits in a double-header when he singled eight times in a twinbill at Pittsburgh on May 20,1951. Ashburn was a singles hitter rather than a slugger, accumulating over 2,500 hits in 15 years against only 29 home runs. In his day he was regarded as the archetypal spray hitter, stroking the ball well to all fields. Ashburn accumulated the most hits of any batter during the 1950s, during an August 17,1957 game Ashburn hit a foul ball into the stands that struck spectator Alice Roth, wife of Philadelphia Bulletin sports editor Earl Roth, breaking her nose. When play resumed Ashburn fouled off another ball struck her while she was being carried off in a stretcher. Ashburn and Mrs. Roth maintained a friendship for many years, Ashburn was traded to the Chicago Cubs following the 1959 season for three players. He went on to anchor center field for the North Siders in 1960 and 1961, Ashburn was drafted by the expansion New York Mets for the 1962 season. He had a good year offensively, batting.306, and was the teams first-ever All-Star Game representative. It was, however, a year for the polished professional. He retired at the end of the season, one oft-told story is that on short flies to center or left-center, center fielder Ashburn would collide with shortstop Elio Chacón. Chacón, from Venezuela, spoke little English and had difficulty understanding when Ashburn was calling him off the ball, to remedy matters teammate Joe Christopher taught Ashburn to say Yo la tengo, Spanish for I’ve got it

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests. The Halls motto is Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, Connecting Generations, the word Cooperstown is often used as shorthand for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The Hall of Fame was established in 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark, Clark had sought to bring tourists to a city hurt by the Great Depression, which reduced the local tourist trade, and Prohibition, which devastated the local hops industry. A new building was constructed, and the Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12,1939, the erroneous claim that U. S. Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was instrumental in the early marketing of the Hall. An expanded library and research facility opened in 1994, dale Petroskey became the organizations president in 1999. In 2002, the Hall launched Baseball As America, an exhibit that toured ten American museums over six years. The Hall of Fame has since also sponsored educational programming on the Internet to bring the Hall of Fame to schoolchildren who might not visit, the Hall and Museum completed a series of renovations in spring 2005. The Hall of Fame also presents an annual exhibit at FanFest at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Jeff Idelson replaced Petroskey as president on April 16,2008. In 2012, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed a law ordering the United States Mint to produce and sell commemorative, non-circulating coins to benefit the private, non-profit Hall. The bill, House Bill H. R.2527, was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Rep. Richard Hanna, a Republican from New York, the coins, which depict baseball gloves and balls, are the first concave designs produced by the Mint. The mintage included 50,000 gold coins,400,000 silver coins, the Mint released them on March 27,2014, and the gold and silver editions quickly sold out. The Hall receives money from surcharges included in the sale price,114 members of the Hall of Fame have been inducted posthumously, including four who died after their selection was announced. Of the 35 Negro league members,29 were inducted posthumously, the Hall of Fame includes one female member, Effa Manley. The newest inductees, enshrined on July 24,2016, are players Mike Piazza, the incoming class of 2017, to be formally enshrined on July 30, consists of executives John Schuerholz and Bud Selig and players Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Iván Rodríguez. In addition to honoring Hall of Fame inductees, the National Baseball Hall of Fame has presented 40 men with the Ford C, while Frick and Spink Award honorees are not members of the Hall of Fame, they are recognized in an exhibit in the Hall of Fames library. ONeil Award honorees are also not Hall of Fame members, but are listed alongside a permanent statue of the namesake and first recipient, Buck ONeil. From a final ballot typically including 25–40 candidates, each writer may vote for up to 10 players, until the late 1950s, any player named on 75% or more of all ballots cast is elected. A player who is named on fewer than 5% of ballots is dropped from future elections, players receiving 5% or more of the votes but fewer than 75% are reconsidered annually until a maximum of ten years of eligibility

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Steve Finley
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Steven Allen Finley is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was a two-time All-Star, World Series champion, and five-time Gold Glove Award winner and he is a member of the Saluki Baseball Hall of Fame. He was a member of the 1986 Team USA squad that won a medal during international competition in the Netherlands. In 1987, he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 13th round of the draft, in 919 at bats in the minor leagues, Finley batted.309 and stole 68 bases. On August 29,2009, Finley was inducted into the Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame, in January 1991, he was traded by the Orioles with Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling to the Houston Astros for Glenn Davis. That year he was third in the league in triples, sixth in hits, ninth in stolen bases and his 13 outfield assists tied Barry Bonds and Paul ONeill for third in the league. In 1992, he led the NL in games played, was second in triples, third in bases and sacrifice hits. In 1993, he led the league in triples and he had been slowed in spring training by Bells palsy, a viral infection of a nerve in his upper neck, resulting in numbness that prevented him from closing his left eye. In 1994, he was second in the league in sacrifice hits and he appeared in only 94 games due to an injury and strike-shortened season. He missed nearly a month after being hit by a pitch on June 8 in Montreal, martinez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley. In 1995, Finley batted a career-high.297 and was third in the league in runs and triples, Finley also won his first Gold Glove Award. He was the only National League player to have 100 runs,10 home runs and he stole a career-high 4 bases on August 12 vs. St. Louis. He was in the room on September 1 when son Reed was born. He was named MVP in the All-Stars Series between Japan and United States, later in 1996, during Rickey Hendersons first season with San Diego, he boarded the team bus and was looking for a seat. Finley said, You have tenure, sit wherever you want, henderson looked at Finley and said, Ten years. Rickeys been playing at least 16,17 years, in 1996, Finley was second in the NL in runs and doubles, third in extra base hits, fourth in triples, and sixth in hits. Finley won his second Gold Glove Award and came in tenth in the MVP voting and he established Padres records in runs, doubles, extra-base hits, and total bases. In 1997, he hit three home runs in a twice in the same season

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Barry Bonds
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Barry Lamar Bonds is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. Bonds received seven NL MVP awards and 14 All-Star selections, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Bonds was regarded as an exceptional hitter, and finished his regular season career with a very high on-base percentage and isolated power. He holds many MLB hitting records, including most career runs, most home runs in a single season. He also received eight Gold Gloves for his defense in the outfield and he is ranked second in career Wins Above Replacement among all major league position players by both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. com, behind only Babe Ruth. Bonds led a career, notably as a central figure in baseballs steroids scandal. In 2007, he was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for lying to the grand jury during the federal governments investigation of BALCO. The perjury charges against Bonds were dropped, and he was initially convicted of obstruction of justice. Bonds has not been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first four years of eligibility, in the 2016 season, Bonds served as the hitting coach for the Miami Marlins. He played on the varsity team during his freshman year. He batted for a.467 batting average his senior year, Bonds attended Arizona State University, hitting.347 with 45 home runs and 175 runs batted in. In 1984 he batted.360 and had 30 stolen bases, in 1985, he hit 23 home runs with 66 RBIs and a.368 batting average. He was a Sporting News All-American selection that year and he tied the NCAA record with seven consecutive hits in the College World Series as sophomore and was named to All-Time College World Series Team in 1996. He graduated from Arizona State in 1986 with a degree in criminology and he was named ASU On Deck Circle Most Valuable Player, other winners include Dustin Pedroia, Willie Bloomquist, Paul Lo Duca, and Ike Davis. During college, he played part of one summer in the amateur Alaska Baseball League with the Alaska Goldpanners, the Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Bonds as the sixth overall pick of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft. He joined the Prince William Pirates of the Carolina League and was named July 1985 Player of the Month for the league, in 1986, he hit.311 in 44 games for the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League. Before Bonds made it to the leagues in Pittsburgh, Pirate fan attendance was low. Bonds made his league debut on May 30,1986. In 1986, Bonds led National League rookies with 16 home runs,48 RBI,36 stolen bases and 65 walks and he played center field in 1986, but switched to left field with the arrival of centerfielder Andy Van Slyke in 1987

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Ken Griffey Jr.
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George Kenneth Ken Griffey Jr. nicknamed Junior and The Kid, is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball. He spent most of his career with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, a 13-time All-Star, Griffey is one of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, his 630 home runs rank as the sixth-most in MLB history. Griffey was also a defender and won 10 Gold Glove Awards in center field. He is tied for the record of most consecutive games with a home run, although popular with fans around the league, Griffey was unable to shake reports of his petulant demeanor throughout his major league baseball career. Griffey is one of only 29 players in history to date to have appeared in Major League games in four different calendar decades. Following his playing career, Griffey joined the Mariners front office as a special consultant and he was inducted into both the Mariners Hall of Fame and the Reds Hall of Fame. In 2016, Griffey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving a record 99. 32% of the vote and he is the son of former MLB player Ken Griffey Sr. Griffey was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, on November 21,1969. His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father, Ken Griffey Sr. played for the Cincinnati Reds, Ken Jr. was in the clubhouse during his fathers back-to-back championships in the 1975 and 1976 World Series. As a young child, Ken Sr. would instill in his son the pride of a team accomplishment rather than the individual performance and my dad would have bopped me on the head when I was a kid if I came home bragging about what I did on the field. He only wanted to know what the team did and he attended Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, where he was the U. S high school baseball player of the year in 1987. Griffey was the number one selection by the Seattle Mariners during the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft held on June 2,1987. He received a bonus of $16,000 from the Mariners. On June 11,1987 he joined the Bellingham Mariners of the Northwest League and he made his professional debut on June 16th,1987. During the 54-game season he hit.313 and he led the team with 14 home runs,40 RBI, and 13 steals. Baseball America magazine named him the number one major league prospect. In 1988, Griffey joined the San Bernardino Spirit of the California League, during his 58 games with the Spirit, Griffey batted.338, hit 11 home runs, drove in 42 runs, and stole an astounding 32 bases. Late in the season, Griffey was promoted to the Vermont Mariners of the Class AA Eastern League and he played the final 17 games with the club, hitting.279 with 2 home runs and 10 RBI. In his eleven seasons with Seattle Griffey established himself as one of the most prolific and exciting players of the era, racking up 1,752 hits,398 home runs,1,152 RBIs, and 167 stolen bases

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Hank Aaron
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Henry Louis Hank Aaron, nicknamed Hammer, or Hammerin Hank, is a retired American Major League Baseball right fielder who is currently the senior vice president of the Atlanta Braves. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National League and 2 seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League, Aaron held the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years, and he still holds several MLB offensive records. He hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973, in 1999, The Sporting News ranked Aaron fifth on its 100 Greatest Baseball Players list. Aaron was born and raised in and around Mobile, Alabama, Aaron had seven siblings, including Tommie Aaron, who later played in MLB with him. Aaron appeared briefly in the Negro American League and in minor league baseball before starting his major league career and he played late in Negro league history, by his final MLB season, Aaron was the last Negro league baseball player on a major league roster. Aaron played the vast majority of his MLB games in right field, in his last two seasons, he was primarily a designated hitter. Aaron was an NL All-Star for 20 seasons and an AL All-Star for 1 season, Aaron holds the record for the most seasons as an All-Star, the most All-Star Game selections, and is tied with Willie Mays and Stan Musial for the most All-Star Games played. He was a Gold Glove winner for three seasons, in 1957, he was the NL Most Valuable Player when the Milwaukee Braves won the World Series. He won the NL Player of the Month award in May 1958, Aaron holds the MLB records for the most career runs batted in, extra base hits, and total bases. Aaron is also in the top five for career hits and runs and he is one of only four players to have at least seventeen seasons with 150 or more hits. Aaron is in place in home runs and at-bats. At the time of his retirement, Aaron held most of the games key career power hitting records, since his retirement, Aaron has held front office roles with the Atlanta Braves. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, in 1999, MLB introduced the Hank Aaron Award to recognize the top offensive players in each league. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 and he was named a 2010 Georgia Trustee by the Georgia Historical Society in recognition of accomplishments that reflect the ideals of Georgias founders. Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama, to Herbert Aaron, Sr. Tommie Aaron, one of his brothers, also went on to play Major League Baseball. By the time Aaron retired, he and his brother held the record for most career home runs by a pair of siblings and they were also the first siblings to appear in a League Championship Series as teammates. While he was born in a section of Mobile referred to as Down the Bay, Aaron grew up in a poor family. His family could not afford baseball equipment, so he practiced by hitting bottle caps with sticks and he would create his own bats and balls out of materials he found on the streets

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Doc Cramer
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Roger Maxwell Doc Cramer was an American center fielder and left-handed batter in Major League Baseball who played for four American League teams from 1929 to 1948. A mainstay at the top of his teams lineup for years, Cramer led the American League in at bats a record seven times. He hit over.300 eight times, primarily with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, indeed, he led AL outfielders in putouts in 1936 and 1938. After starting his career in semipro ball in New Jersey in 1928, he was signed by the Philadelphia Athletics and hit.404 to win the Blue Ridge League batting championship in 1929. He played with the Athletics powerful championship teams of 1929-1931, breaking in gradually, though in the postseason for the As he appeared twice, as a pinch-hitter. After he hit.336 in 92 games in 1932, his place on the team was secure, on June 20,1932, he tied a major league record by going 6-for-6 in a nine-inning game. He scored 100 runs in a season for the first time in 1933, but the fortunes of the As declined just as Cramer was becoming a solid everyday player as the star players on the financially struggling team were sent on to other teams. Al Simmons and Jimmy Dykes were sold to the Chicago White Sox on the day in September 1932. Jimmie Foxx was traded to the Red Sox in December 1935, batting leadoff, Cramer was a spray singles hitter, sometimes stretching them into doubles—although he was a not much of a base-stealer. He hit over.300 every year from 1937 to 1940 with Boston, scoring 100 runs in 1938 and 1939 and he was traded to the Washington Senators on December 12 of that year, and was sent to the Detroit Tigers exactly one year later after hitting.273. He was on the All-Star team five times, two years after hitting over.379 batting average, scoring seven runs and knocking in four, to help them win the Series 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs. He scored two runs and had one RBI in both Games 5 &7, in his final seasons he was often used as a pinch-hitter, and he led the league with nine pinch-hits in 1947 before ending his career with four in 1948. He was not known as a power-hitter, and liked to tell people about the time he was walked so the opposing pitcher could pitch to Hank Greenberg. On September 30,1945, in St. Louis, the Tigers had men on second and third in the 9th, Cramer was walked to load the bases and set up a force play, but Greenberg followed with a grand slam that won the pennant for the Tigers. But I never do, I just leave it at that. In his 20-season career, Cramer batted.296 with 2705 hits,1357 runs,37 home runs,842 RBI,396 doubles,109 triples,62 stolen bases and a.340 on-base percentage in 2239 games. By team, he batted.308 for the Athletics.302 for the Red Sox.282 for the Tigers and he rarely struck out, leading the AL four times in at strikeouts-per-at-bats and finishing in the top four five other seasons. His 2031 games in center field placed him behind only Tris Speaker and his 2705 hits are the most of any player retired before 1975 who has not been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

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Brett Butler (baseball)
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Brett Morgan Butler is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball and current base running/outfield coach for the Miami Marlins. He played for five different teams from 1981 through 1997, butlers best season came in 1991, when he made the National League All-Star team. He was diagnosed cancer in May 1996, received treatment. He retired in 1997 and began a coaching career. He has coached or managed numerous professional teams and he was the manager of the Reno Aces minor league team from late 2008 through 2013. Upon graduating, he announced plans to play baseball in college, Butler, who had explored walking on at baseball powerhouse Arizona State, made the team at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The outfielder led the Savages to championships during all three years at Southeastern including an NAIA national runner-up finish in 1977 and he was twice named to the NAIA All-America Baseball Team. Butler rewrote the book at Southeastern. He was the Savages first.400 hitter with a.439 average in 1977 and he set career records in home runs, runs, triples, hits, walks, and career batting average. After attending Southeastern Oklahoma, Butler was drafted in the 23rd round of the 1979 amateur draft by the Atlanta Braves. The Braves were building a contender with players like Dale Murphy, Bob Horner, and Glenn Hubbard after years of losing, after playing in the minor leagues, he made his major league debut with the Braves on August 20,1981. Butler helped lead the Braves to a 13–0 start and the National League West Division title in 1982 and he had another fine year with the Braves in 1983, but they finished second in the West to the Los Angeles Dodgers. In October 1983, Butler was sent to the Cleveland Indians to complete a deal in which the Braves had acquired Len Barker for cash, in 1984, he became the first batter Roger Clemens would face in the big leagues. He played with the Indians for four seasons, batting a career-high.311 in 1985, Butler signed with the San Francisco Giants as a free agent after the 1987 season and established himself as one of the premier leadoff hitters in the National League. He helped the Giants to the NL pennant in 1989, as the hitter in a lineup that included Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell. Following the 1990 season, Butler signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, as a member of the Dodgers from 1991 to 1995, Butler reached the prime of his career. In 1991, Butler earned a spot on the National League All-Star team. During the 1995 season, Butler was signed as an agent by the New York Mets

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Torii Hunter
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Torii Kedar Hunter is an American former professional baseball center fielder and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Hunter was a five-time All-Star, won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a center fielder and was a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner. Born and raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Hunter attended Pine Bluff High School, Hunter, along with his three brothers, were raised in poverty and lived in a rough neighborhood, but were able to find sports as an outlet. Hunter began playing baseball at the age of eight and also playing football from a young age. At Pine Bluff High, Hunter excelled in baseball, football, basketball, early on in high school, Hunter was actually a stand out in sports other than baseball, but would receive All-State honors for his junior and senior seasons. According to the coach of the team, Hunter once hit a ball 550 feet for a home run. In 1992, Hunter made the U. S, junior Olympic team, and when he struggled to pay the $500 fee for the team, Hunter wrote then-governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton, a letter asking for help, which Clinton accepted. Hunter had the option of attending Pepperdine University to play baseball, Hunter was selected as the Twins first-round pick in 1993 out of high school, and made his debut with the Twins as a pinch runner in Baltimore on August 22,1997. It was not until 1999 that Hunter began starting regularly, playing in 135 games for the Twins and he finished with only one error in 292 chances in the outfield. Hunter exploded onto the scene in the beginning of April in 2000, after a 16-game hitting streak, four consecutive games with home runs and three grand slams, Hunter was recalled by the Twins on July 28. Hunter was named both Best Defensive Outfielder and Most Exciting Player in Pacific Coast League by Baseball America for 2000. In 2001, Hunter led the Twins in at bats, home runs and outfield assists, Hunter led all major league center fielders in range factor, and was named Best Defensive Outfielder in the American League by Baseball America. He also won his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 2001, in 2002, Hunter began to post near-MVP numbers, and was a contender for the award a good portion of the year. In the month of April, he went 39–105 with nine runs and 20 RBI. Hunter was selected by the fans to his first All-Star Game, in Milwaukee in 2002, one of the biggest moments came in the first inning, when, with two outs, Barry Bonds sent what appeared to be a towering home run to right-center field. Hunter, who had built a reputation for his outfield thievery in the American League, jumped and caught the ball over the wall. Although there were no awards given at the All-Star game, because the game ended in a tie, the catch was later awarded as the This Year in Baseball Best Defensive Play of the Year by the fans. Hunter, along with a team and solid bullpen pitching

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Willie Wilson (baseball)
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Willie James Wilson is a former professional baseball player. He played nineteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics and he was an outfielder known for his speed and ability as an effective leadoff hitter. Wilsons career total of 668 stolen bases ranks him in 12th place all-time among major leaguers. Wilson was a highly regarded high school baseball, football, and basketball player growing up in Summit. Wilson was drafted out of school after spurning a University of Maryland football scholarship. The Kansas City Royals picked him in the first round of the 1974 draft and he started his professional career with the Gulf Coast Royals. He moved up to class-A in 1975 for the Waterloo Royals and he earned a September call-up in 1976, playing in 12 games. He was mostly used as a runner or defensive replacement. He had just six at bats, getting one hit and stealing two bases, Wilson began the 1977 season at Triple-A Omaha. In what turned out to be his last minor league action and he was again called up in September, this time receiving more substantial playing time, batting.324 in 34 at bats with 6 steals. 1978 was Wilsons first full season in the majors and he split the left field job with Tom Poquette, Clint Hurdle and Joe Zdeb, getting the most playing time at the position among the four, while also backing up Amos Otis in center field. Overall, he played in 127 games, but had just 198 at bats while batting.217, despite his limited playing time, he finished fifth in the American League with 46 stolen bases. He also appeared in three games in the 1978 American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees, starting Game Four, Wilson started the 1979 season as the Royals fourth outfielder, but by mid-May he had established himself as the teams starting left fielder. He batted.315 and led the league in bases with 83 and singles with 148, while also finishing seventh in hits. On defense, he led the league in range factor and putouts and he moved back to left when Otis returned in late May, and wound up leading the league in several categories. His 705 official at bats were a league record until it was surpassed by Jimmy Rollins in 2007. He also led the league in hits, runs scored, triples, and singles and he won both the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards, and was fourth in the AL MVP voting, his best finish. In the 1980 American League Championship Series, Wilson batted.308, in the 1980 World Series, Wilson batted just.154 and struck out against Tug McGraw for the final out of the Royals six-game loss to the Philadelphia Phillies

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Al Kaline
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Albert William Al Kaline, nicknamed Mr. Tiger, is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Kaline played his entire 22-year baseball career with the Detroit Tigers. For most of his career, Kaline played in the outfield and he was selected to 18 All-Star Games and was selected as an All-Star each year between 1955 and 1967. Near the end of his career, Kaline also played as first baseman and and he retired not long after reaching the 3,000 hit milestone. Immediately after retiring from playing, he became the Tigers TV color commentator, Kaline still works for the Tigers as a front office official. Kaline was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, several relatives played semi-pro baseball, but no one in his family had graduated from high school. When he was eight years old, Kaline developed osteomyelitis and had a segment of bone removed from his left foot, the surgery left him with scarring and permanent deformity, but he was an outstanding pitcher in youth baseball. Kaline had learned to throw a fastball, changeup and curveball by the age of nine and he attended Baltimores Southern High School, where he starred in basketball and also played football until he sustained a cheek injury. When he tried out for the team, there was no room on the pitching staff so Kaline moved to the outfield. He earned all-state honors in all four years. Kaline said that he was a student but that he was well liked by his teachers. He said that his teachers passed him and that they believed he would become a baseball player, Kaline bypassed the minor league system and joined the Tigers directly from high school as an 18-year-old bonus baby signee, receiving $35,000 to sign with the team. He made his league debut on June 25,1953 in Philadelphia as a late-inning replacement for outfielder Jim Delsing. Kaline wore number 25 during his campaign, but asked teammate Pat Mullin for his No.6 after the 1953 season ended. Kaline wore the number for the rest of his major league playing career and he was known simply as Six in the Tiger clubhouse. In 1955, at age 20, Kaline ended the season with a.340 batting average, No 20-year-old major league player had won a batting title since Ty Cobb in 1907. He also finished second to Yogi Berra in the American Leagues 1955 Most Valuable Player Award voting and he was selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the first in a string of consecutive All-Star selections that lasted through 1967. Kaline followed in 1956 with a.314 batting average with 27 home runs and 128 RBIs and he led the league in outfield assists with 18 in 1956 and again in 1958 with 23

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Ichiro Suzuki
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Ichiro Suzuki, often referred to mononymously as Ichiro, is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball. After playing for the Mariners, he played two and a half seasons in MLB with the New York Yankees, Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including MLBs single-season record for hits with 262. He had 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons, the longest streak by any player in history, between his major league career in both Japan and the United States, Ichiro has the most hits by any player in top tier professional leagues. While playing in NPB, he won seven batting titles. In 2001, Ichiro became the first Japanese-born position player to be posted and signed to an MLB club and he led the American League in batting average and stolen bases en route to being named AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP. Ichiro is the first MLB player to enter the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and he is a ten-time MLB All-Star and won the 2007 All-Star Game MVP Award for a three-hit performance that included the events first-ever inside-the-park home run. Ichiro won a Rawlings Gold Glove Award in each of his first ten years in the majors, Ichiro also leads all active players in singles with 2,440 and in stolen bases with 508. He is also noted for his longevity, continuing to produce at a level with batting, slugging. On August 7,2016, Ichiro notched the 3000th hit of his MLB career off Chris Rusin of the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, in total he has over 4,300 hits in his career. On October 4, the Marlins exercised their 2017 option with Ichiro, the move will guarantee Ichiro $2 million in 2017, and includes a further team option for 2018. Ichiro grew up in the town of Toyoyama, a small town just outside Nagoya. At the age of seven, Ichiro joined his first baseball team and asked his father, Nobuyuki Suzuki, to teach him to be a better player. The two began a routine which included throwing 50 pitches, fielding 50 infield balls and 50 outfield balls. As a little leaguer in Toyoyama, Ichiro had the word written on his glove. By age 12, he had dedicated himself to pursuing a career in baseball, and their training sessions were no longer for leisure. According to Ichiro, It bordered on hazing and I suffered a lot, when Ichiro joined his high school baseball team, his father told the coach, No matter how good Ichiro is, dont ever praise him. We have to him spiritually strong. When he was ready to enter school, Ichiro was selected by a school with a prestigious baseball program

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Zack Wheat
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Zachariah Davis Zack Wheat, nicknamed Buck, was a Major League Baseball left fielder for Brooklyn in the National League. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959, a consistent hitter throughout his 19-year career, he still holds many Dodger franchise records. His brother McKinley Mack Wheat also played in the leagues. Born in Hamilton, Missouri, he was the son of Basil and his father was of English descent and his mother was full-blooded Cherokee. It was during that 1909 season that the Brooklyn Superbas of the National League purchased Wheat for $1200, and he made his Major League debut in September. He batted with a type of swing, and held his hands down near the end of the bat, unlike most hitters during his time. Even with his consistent high levels of hitting, he was noted for his graceful. Wheat played his first full season in 1910 and he played every game for the Superbas that season as the regular left fielder, leading the league in games played. He batted.284 that season, the second-lowest average of his career, which led the team, and was among the leaders in hits, doubles. It was in 1911 that his reputation as a slugger began to take hold, along with hitting.287, he finished eighth in the league with 13 triples, and slugged five home runs. In an era when players rarely hit home runs for a season. Wheat continued his steady and consistent climb up the charts in 1912, hitting.305. Over the next four seasons, he continued to be among the leaders of many categories, such as home runs, batting average, slugging, hits, doubles, triples. It was during the 1912 season that Wheat married Daisy Kerr Forsman, Players in his day signed one-year contracts before every season. Each time he held out, he received money, the club not wanting to lose one of its best players. This tactic of threatening to hold out served him well during throughout his career, including during the World War I era and he claimed that he did so well, that he didnt need to play during the summer. The team, fearing that they lose a great player during the prime of his career. In 1916, he topped off the string of seasons with a finish in the top ten in all the categories, topping the league in total bases

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Al Simmons
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Aloysius Harry Simmons, born Aloisius Szymanski, was an American baseball player. Nicknamed Bucketfoot Al, he played for two decades in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and had his best years with Connie Macks Philadelphia Athletics during the 1930s. He also played with the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, after his playing career ended, Simmons served as a coach for the Athletics and the Cleveland Indians. Simmons was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953 and he died of a heart attack three years later. Simmons was born in Milwaukee and grew up as a fan of the Philadelphia Athletics, in the fourth grade, he received a spanking from his father for insisting that he wanted to play professional baseball. When he persisted in asserting his desire to be a baseball player, Simmons was known by his birth last name until he was playing for a local minor league team and he tired of hearing people mispronounce it. He saw an advertisement for a company named Simmons Hardware and decided to take on the last name of Simmons, in his second season with Philadelphia, Simmons led the AL with 253 hits with a.387 batting average,24 home runs and 129 runs batted in. He scored 122 runs, hit 43 doubles, and finished with a.599 slugging percentage and he earned the second-most votes for the leagues Most Valuable Player Award. In the following three seasons, he hit.341.392 and.351 and drove in 109,108 and 107 runs in those years, while finishing fifth in 1926 MVP voting. Simmons led the As to the AL pennant in 1929 as Philadelphia went 104–46, the As went on to defeat the Chicago Cubs in five games to win the World Series. That season he hit.365 with 34 home runs and led the AL with 157 RBI and he also scored 114 runs, had 212 hits with 41 doubles and a.642 slugging percentage. In his first World Series Simmons batted.300 with 2 home runs,5 RBIs and scored 6 runs. Simmons best year as a player was in 1930, when he won his first of successive batting titles and he had a slugging percentage of.708, drove in 165 runs and scored 152 runs in 138 games. The As won the AL pennant again, going 102–52, in that World Series, Simmons batted.364 with 2 home runs,4 RBI with a.727 slugging percentage. In 1931, the As won their third straight AL pennant, by 13.5 games over the Yankees, going 107–45. Simmons won his second batting title, hitting.390 with 22 home runs,128 RBI,100 runs scored,200 hits,37 doubles,13 triples and he finished third in AL MVP voting behind the MVP and the Yankees Lou Gehrig. The As were upset in their quest for a third consecutive World Series title, Simmons hit.333 with 2 home runs and 8 RBI in the series. In a final season with Philadelphia, Simmons led the AL with 216 hits and he batted.322, with 35 home runs,151 RBIs and 144 runs scored in 1932

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Dave Winfield
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David Mark Winfield is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is currently assistant to the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Over his 22-year career, he played for six teams, the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins and he had the winning hit in the 1992 World Series with the Blue Jays over the Atlanta Braves. Winfield is a 12-time MLB All-Star, a seven-time Gold Glove Award winner, the Padres retired #31, Winfields uniform number, in his honor. He also wore #31 while playing for the Yankees and Indians and wore #32 with the Angels, Blue Jays, in 2004, ESPN named him the third-best all-around athlete of all time in any sport. He is a member of both the Baseball Hall of Fame and the College Baseball Hall of Fame, Winfield was born the same day Bobby Thomson hit his pennant-winning home run for the New York Giants, known as the shot heard round the world. He grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Winfield brothers honed their athletic skills in St. Pauls Oxford playground, where coach Bill Peterson was one of the first to take the young Winfield under his wing. Winfield did not become a formidable 66 athlete until his year of high school. He earned a full scholarship to the University of Minnesota in 1969. His college baseball coach was former MLB player Dick Siebert, Winfields 1972 Minnesota team won a Big Ten basketball championship, the schools first in 53 years. During the 1972 season, he also was involved in a brawl when Minnesota played Ohio State, Winfield also played for the Alaska Goldpanners for two seasons and was the MVP in 1972. In 1973, he was named All-American and voted MVP of the College World Series—as a pitcher, following college, Winfield was drafted by four teams in three different sports. The San Diego Padres selected him as a pitcher with the fourth pick in the MLB draft. Though he never played football, the Minnesota Vikings selected Winfield in the 17th round of the NFL draft. He is one of four players ever to be drafted by three sports, and one of two athletes along with McCarty to be drafted by four leagues. Winfield chose baseball, and gained another distinction when the San Diego Padres signed in him the first round draft, although he was a pitcher, the Padres wanted his powerful bat in the lineup and put him in right field, where he could still use his rifle arm. He proved up to the task, batting.277 in 56 games his first season, for the next several years, he was an All-Star player in San Diego, gradually increasing his power and hits totals. In 1977, he appeared in his first All-Star game at New Yorks Yankee Stadium, in 1978, he was named Padres team captain and in 1979, he batted.308 with 34 home runs and 118 RBI

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Mike Cameron
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Michael Terrance Cameron is an American former professional Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, in 2002, Cameron became the 13th player to hit four home runs in one game. He was also an All-Star in 2001 and won Gold Gloves in 2001,2003, Cameron is also the only MLB player to hit 2 home runs in the same game with 8 different teams. Cameron attended LaGrange High School in LaGrange, Georgia, Cameron was drafted out of high school by the Chicago White Sox in 1991. His major league debut took place on August 27,1995, in 1997 he won a starting job as the teams regular center fielder. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul Konerko in 1998, along with three other players he was traded to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Griffey, Jr. before the 2000 season. Cameron tied a league record on May 2,2002 when he hit four home runs in one game becoming only the 15th player in MLB history to do this. In his fifth at bat, he hit one to the warning track and he played in the All-Star Game in 2001 and reached the postseason twice and won the Gold Glove Award in 2001,2003, and 2006 for his defensive play in the outfield. He led all major league fielders in range factor in 2003. In 2004 he signed a three-year, $19.5 million contract to play field for the New York Mets. On August 11,2005, in San Diego, Cameron collided with Beltran in the outfield as both made diving attempts to catch a fly ball, Cameron suffered a concussion and multiple fractures of his nose and cheekbones, and was removed from the field on a stretcher. Beltran also suffered a concussion but was able to walk off the field with help, on November 15,2005 Cameron was traded to the San Diego Padres for Xavier Nady. He won his first National League Gold Glove award during the 2006 season with San Diego, after leaving the Seattle Mariners in 2004 via free agency, Cameron played his first game back in Seattle during interleague play in May 2006. Mariners fans greeted his return with a standing ovation, on October 31,2007, it was announced that he had failed a test for banned stimulants for a second time and would miss the first 25 games of the 2008 season. Cameron has said he believes that a supplement he took was tainted, however, given the requirement of two failed drug tests before an announcement is made, this explanation is questionable. He was just the second major leaguer to be suspended for a positive test for stimulants. On January 14,2008 he signed a 1-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, on March 13,2008, Cameron applied for a therapeutic exemption to use stimulants during the 2008 season because of his outfield collision with former teammate Carlos Beltrán. He claimed to be struggling with after-effects of the collision that ended his 2005 season

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Andruw Jones
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Andruw Rudolf Jones is a Curaçaoan retired professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball most notably for the Atlanta Braves, Jones also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Jones was a defensive specialist for most of his career. Jones had an arm in addition to fielding. He appeared in the All-Star Game five times, and he won both the Hank Aaron Award and a Silver Slugger Award for outfielders in 2005, in 2002, he was the inaugural National League All-Star Final Vote winner. While primarily a center fielder throughout his career, Jones transitioned to designated hitter and fourth outfielder role for the Rangers, White Sox, Jones made his debut during the 1996 season with the Atlanta Braves. In the 1996 World Series, Jones became the youngest player ever to hit a run in the postseason. The following season, Jones batted.231 with 18 home runs, in 1998, Jones batted.271 with 31 home runs. In 1999, he batted.275 with 26 home runs,84 RBIs, Jones batted.303 with 36 home runs and 104 runs batted in in 2000, making his first All-Star team. Jones started to draw comparisons to Willie Mays and was considered the best center fielder in baseball outside of Ken Griffey Jr. The following season, Jones again blasted over 30 home runs and drove in 104 runs, Jones played better in 2002 and 2003 and made the All-Star team in both seasons. However, Jones struggled in 2004 and failed to hit at least 30 home runs for the first time since 1999 and his strikeouts begun to exceed 100 regularly. However, in 2005, he led the league with 51 home runs and he finished 2nd to Albert Pujols for National League MVP. Critics argued his batting average being low was the reason he finished 2nd. His average continued to dip and strikeouts raised, in 2006, Jones batted.262 with 41 home runs and 129 RBI. In 2007, in his last season with the Braves, Jones had the worst season of his career and he batted just.222 with 26 home runs and 94 RBIs. Having gained weight and alleged as being lazy, friction emerged on Jones, during his time with Atlanta, Jones became one of the youngest in MLB history to reach 300 home runs. After the 2007 season, Jones signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an agent to a 2-year deal

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Marquis Grissom
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Marquis Deon Grissom is a former American Major League Baseball center fielder. Grissom was born in Atlanta, Georgia and he attended Lakeshore High School in Atlanta Ga, and excelled in high school baseball. Grissom played baseball at Florida A&M University, and in 1988 and he had been considered a prospect as both a pitcher and an outfielder, but the Expos decided to have him abandon the mound and work solely as a position player. He made his debut with the Jamestown Expos of the New York–Penn League that fall and advanced quickly through the system. He showed steady improvement for the few seasons, gradually developing into a star as Montreals leadoff hitter and center fielder. He led the National League in stolen bases in 1991 and 1992, was a member of the NL All-Star team in 1993 and 1994, and won four consecutive Gold Gloves, the first coming in 1993. Against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 28,1991, Grissom caught Chris Gwynns fly ball for the out of Dennis Martínezs perfect game. The Expos enjoyed success on the field, but a strike ended the 1994 season before the playoffs, in April 1995, the Expos traded Grissom to the Atlanta Braves, in exchange for pitcher Esteban Yan and outfielders Roberto Kelly and Tony Tarasco. They returned to the classic the next season, but failed to defend their title against the New York Yankees. Teams financial motivations continued to affect the course of Grissoms career, the deal worked out well for Cleveland, as the team went all the way to the World Series, ultimately losing to the Florida Marlins in seven games. Grissoms production declined as he spent three seasons with the club, and a trade in the spring of 2001 made him a Los Angeles Dodger. Grissom continued to struggle that year, but he enjoyed a strong season as a part-time player in 2002. On September 16,2002, the Dodgers had a game against the San Francisco Giants. In the top of the 9th inning, he robbed Rich Aurilia of a potential game-tying home run to protect the 7–6 victory, the Giants went on to make the playoffs and the Dodgers did not. As a free agent he subsequently attracted the attention of the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco signed Grissom, and he enjoyed two more productive seasons as their starting center fielder. The Giants were successful as well, winning the NL West in 2003, marquis won the 2003 Willie Mac Award for his spirit and leadership. Grissoms production dipped again in 2005, and in a season of struggles by the Giants, on January 3,2006, the Chicago Cubs signed him to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training as a non-roster player. On March 28,2006, Grissom retired after a 17-year career and he currently resides in College Park, Georgia

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Paul Waner
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Paul Glee Waner, nicknamed Big Poison, was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and he won three National League batting titles and the NL Most Valuable Player Award while with the Pirates. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952, Waner was born in Harrah, Oklahoma. For most of the period from 1927 to 1940, Paul patrolled right field at Forbes Field while Lloyd covered the next to him in center field. On September 15,1938, the brothers hit back-to-back home runs against Cliff Melton of the New York Giants, Paul was known as Big Poison and Lloyd was known as Little Poison. One story claims that their nicknames reflect a Brooklyn Dodgers fans pronunciation of Big Person, in 1927, the season the brothers accumulated 460 hits, the fan is said to have remarked, Them Waners. Its always the little poison on thoid and the big poison on foist, but given that Lloyd was actually taller, this story would seem somewhat incongruous. After playing the first 15 years of his career with the Pirates, Waner ended his playing for the Dodgers, Boston Braves. Famous for his ability to hit while hung over, when Waner gave up drinking in 1938 at managements request, as Casey Stengel said in complimenting his base-running skills, He had to be a very graceful player, because he could slide without breaking the bottle on his hip. Waner was also nearsighted, a fact that Pirate management only learned late in his career when he remarked that he had difficulty reading the ads posted on the outfield walls. Waner led the National League in batting on three occasions and accumulated over 3,000 hits during his 20-year baseball career. He collected 200 or more hits on eight occasions, was voted the NLs Most Valuable Player in 1927 and he was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952. He set the Major League record for games with an extra-base hit, with 14. Waner died in Sarasota, Florida in 1965 at age 62, in 1999, he was ranked number 62 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. The Pirates retired Waners No.11 in a ceremony before their game vs. the Astros on July 21,2007, a plaque has been placed in the interior of PNC Park to commemorate the retiring of Waners jersey. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Paul Waner at the Baseball Hall of Fame The Deadball Era – Obituaries The Deadball Era – Beer Drinkers

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Lloyd Waner
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Lloyd James Waner, nicknamed Little Poison, was a Major League Baseball center fielder. His small stature at 5 ft 9 in and 132 lb made him one of the smallest players of his era, along with his brother, Paul Waner, he anchored the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield throughout the 1920s and 1930s. After brief stints with four other teams late in his career, Waner retired as a Pirate, Waner finished with a batting average over.300 in ten seasons. He earned a selection to the MLB All-Star Game in 1938, Lloyd and Paul Waner set the record for career hits by brothers in MLB. He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1967 and he worked as a scout for the Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles after retiring as a player. Waner was born on March 16,1906 in Harrah, Oklahoma, the two worked from dawn to dusk every day, and baseball was their only form of entertainment. Influenced by their father, who was a league player in Oklahoma City, Paul and Lloyds love. The Waners learned to hit against corncobs and cut down saplings in the woods to use as bats, Lloyd graduated from McLoud High School and attended three semesters at East Central State University in Ada, Oklahoma before going into professional baseball. Waner started his baseball career in 1925 with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League. He was offered a tryout for the Pirates at the urging of his brother, in 1926, he batted.345 in the Class B South Atlantic League. He also won the leagues most valuable player award, Waner broke into the major leagues with the Pirates in 1927 and quickly built his reputation as a slap hitter with an astute sense of plate discipline. In his rookie campaign, he batted.355 with 223 hits while striking out 23 times. As the leadoff hitter of the powerful Pittsburgh offense, he led the National League with 133 runs scored, the runs scored mark set an MLB rookie record. Al López said that infielders of the era played deep at their positions, the Pirates won the 1927 NL pennant, Waner then batted.400 in his first and only World Series, but the New York Yankees won in four games. He continued to bat well early in his career and he earned a record-setting 678 hits over his first three seasons. Waner finished in the top ten in MVP voting 1927 and 1929, coming off a.353 season in 1929, he missed most of the next year due to appendicitis. He had surgery for the condition in the winter, Waner had difficulty recovering from the surgery and re-entered the hospital in May. The Pittsburgh Press reported the fear that he might have to retire and he returned in 1931 and led the NL with 214 hits and 681 at-bats while hitting.314

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Kenny Lofton
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Kenneth Lofton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Lofton was a six-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove Award winner, Lofton attended the University of Arizona on a basketball scholarship. The Wildcats made it to the Final Four in 1988 and he did not join the schools baseball team until his junior year. Lofton made 11 postseason appearances, including World Series appearances in 1995 and 2002 with the Indians and Giants, from 2001 to 2007, Lofton did not spend more than one consecutive season with a team. For his career, the Indians were the team he played with for longer than one season. Lofton played 9 1⁄2 seasons with the Indians, helping the organization win six division titles, in 2010, he was inducted into the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame. During his professional career, Loftons single-season stolen base count led the MLB on three occasions and twice the American League. In 1994 he led the American League in hits, Lofton broke Rickey Hendersons record of 33 career post-season stolen bases during the 2007 post-season. Of his base running, Frank White said, Lofton has out-thought a lot of players and later. Lofton was raised by his grandmother, Rosie Persons, in the slums of East Chicago. His mother, Annie, had Lofton while she was in high school and his mother moved to Alabama after she graduated and lost contact with Lofton. Of his father, Lofton said, We, as a family, Persons had glaucoma and because of her failing eyesight was unemployed. She refused to go on welfare but did collect Social Security as a result from her husbands death in 1960, when Lofton made the majors he built a new home in East Chicago for his grandmother and other family members. Lofton attended Washington High School in East Chicago and played on the baseball team as a pitcher and center fielder. He was a basketball player. Lofton accepted a scholarship to play at the University of Arizona. Wildcats head coach Lute Olson said of Lofton, Hes quick, at one point Lofton performed a 360-degree slam dunk for his unsuspecting teammates. For the Wildcats, Lofton was the point guard on a team that made it to the Final Four of the 1988 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament

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Fred Clarke
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Fred Clifford Clarke was a Major League Baseball player from 1894 to 1915 and manager from 1897 to 1915. A Hall of Famer, Clarke played for and managed both the Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates and he was a left fielder and left-handed batter. Of the nine pennants in Pittsburgh franchise history, Clarke was the player-manager for four of them and he and fellow Hall of Famers Honus Wagner and Vic Willis led Pittsburgh to a victory over Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers in the 1909 World Series. Clarke batted over.300 in 11 different seasons and his 35-game hitting streak in 1895 was the second-longest in Major League history at the time and is still tied for 11th-longest. For six years, Clarke held the Major League record for wins by a manager, Fred Clarke was born on a farm near Winterset, Iowa. At age two, his family moved as part of a covered wagon caravan from Iowa to Kansas before relocating to Des Moines, Iowa, five years later. As a child in Des Moines, Clarke sold newspapers for the Iowa State Register where his boss was future Baseball Hall of Fame member, Ed Barrow. In 1892, a team in Hastings, Nebraska sent a railroad ticket to Des Moines semiprofessional player, Byron McKibbon. Clarke impressed the Hastings team and he signed his first professional contract and he was in the Southern League at age 21 and played for teams in Montgomery, Alabama, and Savannah, Georgia. Clarke was discovered in the leagues by Louisville part-owner, Barney Dreyfuss. In his first game, he collected five hits in five at bats which is still a Major League record, in his second season, he asserted himself with a batting average of.347,191 hits and 96 runs which were all best on the team by far. In 1897, Clarke took over managerial duties while only 24 years old, as a player, he hit a career high.390. Only the best average of Willie Keelers career stopped Clarke from winning his only batting title, despite Clarkes excellent hitting and the presence of fellow Hall of Famers Honus Wagner and Rube Waddell, the team struggled for several years. While in Louisville, Clarke was teamed up with pitcher Chick Fraser, Clarke and Fraser became brothers-in-law when they married sisters. When the Colonels folded, Barney Dreyfuss became the owner of the Pittsburgh franchise and tapped Clarke, Wagner, Waddell, Deacon Phillippe, in 1900, Clarke joined the Pittsburgh Pirates as a player and manager, roles he would embrace until his retirement in 1915. 1903 was arguably the best hitting season of Clarkes career as he led the Major Leagues in slugging average and OPS and he finished second only to his teammate, Honus Wagner, for the National League batting title. In the first World Series, Clarke hit.265 but Bostons Cy Young and Bill Dinneen outpitched Pittsburgh overall and won the series in eight games. In the 1909 World Series, Clarke batted only.211, Clarke also set a record for most walks for one player in a World Series game with four in Game 7

Types of batted balls in baseball
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In baseball, a batted ball is any ball that, after a pitch, is contacted by the batters bat. One or more of several terms are used to describe a ball, depending on how it comes off the bat. There are generally three categories for balls hit in the air, A fly ball or simply fly is a ball that is hit in the air. Fielders attempt to fly balls on their

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Casey McGehee on the Milwaukee Brewers puts a ball in play

Out (baseball)
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In baseball, an out occurs when the umpire rules a batter or baserunner out. When three outs are recorded in an inning, a half of the inning, or their turn at batting. To signal an out, an umpire makes a fist with one hand. Home plate umpires often use a motion to signal a called third strike. The most common ways batters or runners are put out are

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A 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card illustrating a baserunner being tagged out at third base.

Tag play
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In baseball, a runner must sometimes advance to the next base because a batter, advancing to first, forces that runner to advance ahead of him to the next base. Two runners are not allowed on one base at one time, so a batter can, in effect, such a runner is spoken of as having been forced to the next base. A defensive play against that runner is c

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A 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card illustrating a baserunner being tagged out at third base.

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First baseman, tagging a diving runner.

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A shortstop tries to tag out a runner who is sliding headfirst, trying to reach a base.

Tag out
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In baseball, a runner must sometimes advance to the next base because a batter, advancing to first, forces that runner to advance ahead of him to the next base. Two runners are not allowed on one base at one time, so a batter can, in effect, such a runner is spoken of as having been forced to the next base. A defensive play against that runner is c

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A 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card illustrating a baserunner being tagged out at third base.

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First baseman, tagging a diving runner.

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A shortstop tries to tag out a runner who is sliding headfirst, trying to reach a base.

Appeal play
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In baseball, an appeal play occurs when a member of the defensive team calls the attention of an umpire to an infraction which he would otherwise ignore. Such communication may be non-verbal, implicit, or assumed—so long as the intent of the fielder is clear to the umpire, contrary to popular belief, an appeal out is not a force out unless it is re

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Charlie Manuel discusses a call with umpire Fieldin Culbreth.

Strikeout
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In baseball or softball, a strikeout occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means the batter is out, a strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by K. Although a strikeout suggests that the pitcher dominated the batter, the style that generates home runs also leaves batt

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Cincinnati Reds outfielder Adam Dunn strikes out swinging.

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Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

Flyout
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In baseball, the rules state that a batted ball is considered in flight when it has not yet touched any object other than a fielder or his equipment. Once a batted ball touches the ground, a fence or wall, a pole, a base, the pitchers rubber. A batted ball that passes out of the playing field ceases to be in flight when that occurs. If a batted bal

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Fly out in the outfield.

Interference (baseball)
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In baseball, interference occurs in situations in which a person illegally changes the course of play from what is expected. Interference might be committed by players on the offense, players not currently in the game, catchers, umpires, each type of interference is covered differently by the rules. Whenever this offensive interference occurs, the

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A runner jumping over a ball to avoid an offensive interference

Baseball
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Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding. A run is scored when a player advances around the bases, Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on t

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A baseball game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

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Alexander Cartwright, father of modern baseball

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The New York Giants baseball team, 1913. Fred Merkle, sixth in line, committed a baserunning gaffe in a crucial 1908 game that became famous as Merkle's Boner.

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Babe Ruth in 1920, the year he joined the New York Yankees

Left fielder
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In baseball, a left fielder is an outfielder who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate, in the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the left fielder is assigned the number 7. Outfielders must cover large distances - speed, instincts, and quickness in reacting t

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The position of the left fielder

Center fielder
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A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball fielding position between left field and right field. In the numbering system used to record plays, the center fielder is assigned the number 8. Outfielders must cover large distances, so speed, instincts and quickness to react to the ba

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View from center field at Minute Maid Park.

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The position of the center fielder

Right fielder
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A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the area of the outfield to the right of a person standing at home plate, in the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the right fielder is assigned the number 9. Outfielders must cover large distances, so speed, in

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The position of the right fielder

Batted ball
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In baseball, a batted ball is any ball that, after a pitch, is contacted by the batters bat. One or more of several terms are used to describe a ball, depending on how it comes off the bat. There are generally three categories for balls hit in the air, A fly ball or simply fly is a ball that is hit in the air. Fielders attempt to fly balls on their

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Casey McGehee on the Milwaukee Brewers puts a ball in play

Baseball scorekeeping
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Baseball scorekeeping is the practice of recording the details of a baseball game as it unfolds. Professional baseball leagues hire official scorers to keep a record of each game. Sportswriter Henry Chadwick is generally credited as the inventor of baseball scorekeeping and his basic scorecard and notation have evolved significantly since their adv

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Scorecard for first ever MLB perfect game, by Lee Richmond, 1880. Abbreviations: A, B, C, for first, second and third, P and H for pitcher and catcher, S for shortstop, L, M, and R for left, center, and right field

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Traditional-style baseball scorecard.

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This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2013)

Uniform number
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The number is typically displayed on the rear of the jersey, often accompanied by the surname. Sometimes it is displayed on the front and/or sleeves, or on the players shorts or headgear. It is used to identify the player to officials, other players, official scorers, player numbers were used in a Queensland vs. New Zealand rugby match played on 17

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Number 21 on the road bicycle of Ellen van Dijk at the Ronde van Drenthe.

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Jackie Robinson in his now retired number 42 jersey.

Willie Mays
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He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Mays shares the record of most appearances in the All-Star Games,24, with Hank Aaron, in appreciation of his All-Star record, Ted Williams said They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays. In 1999, Mays placed second on The Sporting Newss List of the 100 Greates

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Willie Mays

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Mays walks with President Bush, July 30, 2006

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Mays with President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One, July 14, 2009.

Tris Speaker
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Tristram Edgar Speaker, nicknamed The Grey Eagle, was an American baseball player. Considered one of the best offensive and defensive center fielders in the history of Major League Baseball and his 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. His 3,514 hits are fifth in the all-time hits list, defensively, Speaker holds career records for ass

Rickey Henderson
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Nicknamed The Man of Steal, he is widely regarded as baseballs greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds the league records for career stolen bases, runs, unintentional walks. At the time of his last major game in 2003. In 2009, he was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot appearance, Henderson also holds the single-seaso

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Henderson at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in August 2009

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Henderson goes to steal second base for the Athletics in 1983.

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Henderson with Boston in 2002

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Henderson as the Mets' first base coach in 2007

Max Carey
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Maximillian George Carnarius, known as Max George Carey, was an American professional baseball center fielder and manager. Carey played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1910 through 1926 and he managed the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932 and 1933. Carey starred for the Pirates, helping win the 1925 World Series. During his 20-year

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Max Carey

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Carey (right), and Boston's Bill McKechnie watch as John H. McCooey throws out the first ball of Brooklyn's 1932 season

Ty Cobb
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Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb, nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in rural Narrows, Georgia, Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the teams player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1999, editors at the Sporting News ranked Ty Cobb 3rd on the

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Cobb signs a $5,000 contract in 1908 (equivalent to $132,000 today) after a bitter holdout.

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Ty Cobb

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Conlon's famous picture of Cobb stealing third base during the 1909 season.

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Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson in Cleveland

Richie Ashburn
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Donald Richard Richie Ashburn, also known by the nicknames, Putt-Putt, The Tilden Flash, and Whitey due to his light-blond hair, was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. He was born in Tilden, Nebraska, from his youth on a farm, he grew up to become a professional outfielder and veteran broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies and

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Ashburn in about 1953.

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Ashburn's plaque from the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame

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Richie Ashburn banner in Ashburn Alley, Citizens Bank Park

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests. The Halls motto is Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, Connecting Generations, the word Cooperstown is often used as shorthand for the National Baseball Hall of Fam

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The entrance to the Baseball Hall of Fame (2012)

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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The Hall of Fame Library

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Examples of the National Baseball Hall of Fame coins (Gold, Silver and Clad) created by the United States Mint.

Steve Finley
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Steven Allen Finley is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was a two-time All-Star, World Series champion, and five-time Gold Glove Award winner and he is a member of the Saluki Baseball Hall of Fame. He was a member of the 1986 Team USA squad that won a medal during international competition in the Netherlands. In 1987, he was

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Finley with the San Francisco Giants

Barry Bonds
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Barry Lamar Bonds is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. Bonds received seven NL MVP awards and 14 All-Star selections, and is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Bonds was regarded as an exceptional

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Bonds in 2006

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Bonds at the plate with the Giants.

Ken Griffey Jr.
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George Kenneth Ken Griffey Jr. nicknamed Junior and The Kid, is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball. He spent most of his career with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, a 13-time All-Star, Griffey is one of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, his 630 home runs r

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Griffey, Jr. with the Mariners in 2009

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One of Ken Griffey, Jr. signature sneakers, the Nike Air Griffey Max.

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Griffey bats for the Mariners, 1997

Hank Aaron
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Henry Louis Hank Aaron, nicknamed Hammer, or Hammerin Hank, is a retired American Major League Baseball right fielder who is currently the senior vice president of the Atlanta Braves. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National League and 2 seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League, Aaron held the MLB record

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Aaron in 2013

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The Braves' jersey Hank Aaron wore when he broke Babe Ruth's career home run record in 1974

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The fence outside of Turner Field over which Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run still exists.

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Hank Aaron's Hall of Fame plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

Doc Cramer
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Roger Maxwell Doc Cramer was an American center fielder and left-handed batter in Major League Baseball who played for four American League teams from 1929 to 1948. A mainstay at the top of his teams lineup for years, Cramer led the American League in at bats a record seven times. He hit over.300 eight times, primarily with the Philadelphia Athleti

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Doc Cramer

Brett Butler (baseball)
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Brett Morgan Butler is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball and current base running/outfield coach for the Miami Marlins. He played for five different teams from 1981 through 1997, butlers best season came in 1991, when he made the National League All-Star team. He was diagnosed cancer in May 1996, received treatment. He retired in 199

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Butler with the Dodgers on April 14, 1993

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Butler as manager for the Reno Aces, triple-A affiliates of the Arizona Diamondbacks, in 2012

Torii Hunter
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Torii Kedar Hunter is an American former professional baseball center fielder and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Hunter was a five-time All-Star, won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a center fielder and was a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner. Born and raised in Pin

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Hunter with the Minnesota Twins

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Hunter on second base for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2008

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Hunter during his tenure with the Detroit Tigers in 2013

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Hunter prior to an Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball game against Michigan in Bud Walton Arena

Willie Wilson (baseball)
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Willie James Wilson is a former professional baseball player. He played nineteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics and he was an outfielder known for his speed and ability as an effective leadoff hitter. Wilsons career total of 668 stolen bases ranks him in 12th place all-time among major leaguers. Wilso

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Wilson in 1978

Al Kaline
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Albert William Al Kaline, nicknamed Mr. Tiger, is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Kaline played his entire 22-year baseball career with the Detroit Tigers. For most of his career, Kaline played in the outfield and he was selected to 18 All-Star Games and was selected as an All-Sta

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Kaline in 1957

Ichiro Suzuki
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Ichiro Suzuki, often referred to mononymously as Ichiro, is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball. After playing for the Mariners, he played two and a half seasons in MLB with the New York Yankees, Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including MLBs single-season record for hits wi

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Suzuki with the Miami Marlins

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Ichiro in right field in 2002.

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Ichiro rounding the bases on September 22, 2007

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The display of Ichiro Suzuki, located on the third floor of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which shows the Ichi-meter, record for hits in a season for Ichiro Suzuki in 2004.

Zack Wheat
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Zachariah Davis Zack Wheat, nicknamed Buck, was a Major League Baseball left fielder for Brooklyn in the National League. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959, a consistent hitter throughout his 19-year career, he still holds many Dodger franchise records. His brother McKinley Mack Wheat also played in the leagues. Born in H

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Zack Wheat

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Zack Wheat baseball card, 1911 Gold Borders (T205)

Al Simmons
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Aloysius Harry Simmons, born Aloisius Szymanski, was an American baseball player. Nicknamed Bucketfoot Al, he played for two decades in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and had his best years with Connie Macks Philadelphia Athletics during the 1930s. He also played with the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Boston Braves

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Al Simmons

Dave Winfield
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David Mark Winfield is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is currently assistant to the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Over his 22-year career, he played for six teams, the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins and he had the winning hi

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Winfield during his Hall of Fame induction at Cooperstown in 2001

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Winfield in 1983 Spring Training.

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Dave Winfield Cooperstown Class of 2001

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Dave Winfield in 2006.

Mike Cameron
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Michael Terrance Cameron is an American former professional Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, in 2002, Cameron became the 13th player to hit four home runs in one game. He was also an All-Star in 2001 and won G

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Cameron with the Boston Red Sox.

Andruw Jones
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Andruw Rudolf Jones is a Curaçaoan retired professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball most notably for the Atlanta Braves, Jones also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Jo

Marquis Grissom
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Marquis Deon Grissom is a former American Major League Baseball center fielder. Grissom was born in Atlanta, Georgia and he attended Lakeshore High School in Atlanta Ga, and excelled in high school baseball. Grissom played baseball at Florida A&M University, and in 1988 and he had been considered a prospect as both a pitcher and an outfielder, but

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Grissom as 1st base coach for the Washington Nationals on June 28, 2009.

Paul Waner
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Paul Glee Waner, nicknamed Big Poison, was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and he won three National League batting titles and the NL Most Valuable Player Award while with the Pirates. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952, Waner was born in Harra

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Paul Waner

Lloyd Waner
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Lloyd James Waner, nicknamed Little Poison, was a Major League Baseball center fielder. His small stature at 5 ft 9 in and 132 lb made him one of the smallest players of his era, along with his brother, Paul Waner, he anchored the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield throughout the 1920s and 1930s. After brief stints with four other teams late in his career

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Lloyd Waner

Kenny Lofton
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Kenneth Lofton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Lofton was a six-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove Award winner, Lofton attended the University of Arizona on a basketball scholarship. The Wildcats made it to the Final Four in 1988 and he did not join the schools baseball team until his junior year. Lofton made 11 postseason appearanc

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Kenny Lofton

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1988 Auburn Astros team photo

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Lofton in 2007

Fred Clarke
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Fred Clifford Clarke was a Major League Baseball player from 1894 to 1915 and manager from 1897 to 1915. A Hall of Famer, Clarke played for and managed both the Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates and he was a left fielder and left-handed batter. Of the nine pennants in Pittsburgh franchise history, Clarke was the player-manager for four of

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Seven of the American League's 1937 All-Star players, from left to right Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg. All seven were eventually elected to the Hall of Fame.

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Joe DiMaggio's number 5 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1952.

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Former manager Tom Kelly surrounded by former teammates Dan Gladden, Jim "Mudcat" Grant, and Kent Hrbek, Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, and friends at the Memorial at the Metrodome on March 12, 2006

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Cardinals general manager Bing Devine 's letter to Flood, informing him that he had been traded to the Phillies.

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Flood's letter to Bowie Kuhn in December 1969. Flood states, "I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes." He then states that the Phillies have offered him a contract, but "I believe I have the right to consider offers from other clubs before making any decisions."